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Ch 5 Explanation
"I understand you wanting to speak to us of grave importance?" Dumbledore asked the two across the table.
"Yes, thi-"
"WHO ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? ARE YOU A DEATH EATER IN DISGUISE!?" Moody points his staff at Ritsuka.
"Moody, that's enough!" Tonks looked at her mentor, trying to calm him down before any mishap would accrue.
"I can ensure you all that we're not Death Eaters or any relation to Voldemort." Ritsuka stares at the table.
'Well there's something in common between them, they have the balls to say his name.' James chuckles. He looks at his 'son', "So what or who are you? We know you and your followers aren't like any wizards or muggles." Arthur asked.
"Before I delve you on who we are, I have a question for all of you," Ritsuka asked them all.
Dumbledore looks at his pupil wonder what question he's going to ask. "What is your question if you don't mind."
Ritsuka looks at everyone. "Have you all heard of Mages before or matter of fact, the Mage's Association?" The Order gasps at the mention of the name. "I can tell from Sirius's reaction back in the pipes that it's a topic that is sensitive to the Ministry and this Order."
"H-Harry, where did you learn of that n-name?" Lily asked her 'son', never telling him about the Forbidden Order or any of the children.
James gulped, remembering the stories about them from his parents. "W-We never told anyone about the F-Forbidden Order, i-it's a place of horrors and malice."
Molly looks at her friend's son, worried that this information he has would lead to despair. "H-Harry dear, how did you come to that name? it's a well-guarded secret to old families."
Ritsuka smirks at all of them, Remus then remembers the scent of his. Same yet different at the same time. "Dear Merlin, you're a M-Magus aren't you?" He asked.
"REMUS LUPIN! HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE HARR-"
"He's right, I am a Magus." Ritsuka interrupts Molly's scolding to the wolf.
"WHAT!?" they all share the same reaction.
"B-B-But, how? And why are you with the Forbidden Order?" Arthur asked the supposed Boy-Who-Lived. "They were the cruelest and selfish beings on this planet. They don't care how many lives they have taken as long they get what they want."
Lily was trembling, her son, one of those monsters. "I-If you're really a M-Mage then h-have you taken human lives before?"
Ritsuka looks down, indicating he already has. James slumps down on his chair, his son has killed innocent people. "Why? Why did you have to kill innocent people Harry?" He cried to hear that his son is a murder.
"The situation of that time was a hard choice to make," Ritsuka stated, remembering the Lostbelts. "Those worlds aren't supposed to exist, in order to return my home back to how it was. I have to destroy those worlds to restore Humanity, as a Magus I live with that burden." He said solemnly, and a hint of regret.
"Y-You killed millions of people before?" Sirius picked up on what he said. "You…You aren't the Harry we know and love." He pushed away from him.
"Of course he's not." They all turn to Dumbledore who remained calm in this conversation.
"Dumbledore, you cannot be this calm knowing he's a Magus!? He killed an entire population of people for Merlin's sake!" Kingsley shouted at the leader.
"He's right Albus, he might use us as an experiment we heard of in the texts." Moody points out his concerns.
Dumbledore nodded understanding what the rest of the members are going through. "I understand you all are taking this…hard. But from what this Harry told us, Humanity was in danger with these worlds you speak of." He looks at Harry, unsure about his decision. "Harry why don't you start from the beginning of how you became a Mage and why you're here now."
"It's a long story," Ritsuka said to them all.
Moody crossed his arms, waiting for what excuse he has to bring up. "We have all night boy."
"I appreciate that you won't insult Ritsuka like that, Alister Moody." Hinako glares right at the mad man's eyes.
"Hinako, that's enough," Ritsuka spoke to the Assassin.
Dumbledore looks at Moody. "Alister, please be kind to our…unique guest." He asked of the retired Auror.
Moody doesn't like this at all but for Dumbledore. "Tch, fine."
"Thank you, my friend." Dumbledore smiles at him, he looks at Ritsuka and nods. (Insert Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files-Rail Zeppelin-Grace note Original ( clock tower )
Ritsuka nodded. "As you can tell, I'm not the Harry Potter you know and loved." He stated.
"Understatement of the year." Sirius scoffs before being nudge by Remus.
"I'm from a parallel dimension, and entirely different world than this one." Ritsuka looks at everyone.
"Wait, parallel dimension? It's unheard of? Are you sure you're speaking the truth?" Tonks asked the Magus.
"It's a theory within Muggle society, a theory that said every decision we don't make leads makes a parallel world," Remus informs the young Auror.
"But if it's a theory why is Harry here and not in his own?" Molly asked the werewolf; not getting the theory at all.
Remus looks at Ritsuka. "Can you explain?"
Ritsuka nodded. "Yes I can," he respond. "In my world, I was born into the Potter family line along with my twin brother, Charles Potter."
"Charles Potter? You never had a twin brother named Charles." Lily said before feeling the warm hand of James.
"Please continue, Harry."
"This part seems unbelievable for you all, but it happened, the Potter family of my world was a Mage family." They all gasp that the noble house of Potter would be a part of something dark and evil.
"Okay, that's unbelievable. The Potters were wizards, not those monsters." Sirius started to his 'godson'.
"That part you're correct, the Potters were wizards too. However, my grandfather didn't pass down the crest to the James Potter I know about our family's craft." Ritsuka stated. "So one generation of the Potter lineage were just wizards, that is until someone interfere with the family." He looks at Dumbledore as many eyes laid on him.
"M-Me? I don't see how I could-"
"You're correct, you didn't know about the Association; as matter of fact, the Ministry of my world didn't know about Mages at all," Ritsuka informs them all.
"So the Ministry of Magic doesn't know about Mages?" Kingsley asked, still comprehending that the Potters were Mages. "Didn't they have records of them?"
"Not at all," Hinako interjected. "The British Ministry of Magic was all arrogant that they ignore the outside world's advancement in technology and scientific discoveries. They were stuck in the nineteen-eighties and refuse to move on."
"It's still nineteen-ninety-five? What year was it in your world?" Molly asked the Chaldeans.
"Twenty-twenty-four."
They all gasps that the year difference between this world and Harry's has a big gaped in them. "Then how did you become a Mage?" James asked his 'son'. "You looked at the Headmaster like he did something."
"He did, he took my Magical core out of my body leaving me with my Aunt and Uncle's home in favor of my twin," Ritsuka said,
Moody slams his hands on the table, "I had enough of this drabble, Albus wouldn't do something like that! You better-"
"ALISTER!" Dumbledore scolded the madman.
"B-But he-"
"Remember Alister, this Harry came from another dimension. All of us are there too with different personalities and different motives." The old man explains. "I'm sorry that I did that to you in your dimension Harry. Please continue."
"Thank you, Albus." Ritsuka looks back at the Order. "Back what I was saying,-"
"Hold on, you said we'd abandon you for your brother?' Lily gasps that her alternate self would do such a thing.
"Yes-"
James stood up from his chair and looks at Ritsuka. "We could never do that to our children! We love them equally-"
"I didn't say you did that willingly, you two were manipulated to do it by Albus," Ritsuka informs them. "But later regrated your actions later on."
"I-I see,"
"Back to what I was saying, I decided I had enough with the treatment from my relatives that I ran away to Japan, changing my to hide my identity as Harry Potter." Ritsuka continues.
Molly gasps, covering her mouth that he was pushed to the brink to make that decision. "S-So what name did you choose?" Arthur asked.
"Ritsuka Fujimaru," Sirius answered for him.
Remus looks at his friend, surprised that he guessed his name. "How do you know?
Sirius looks at the werewolf, "He told me when his servants saved me from the dementors."
"Servants?" Molly questioned. She looks at Ritsuka that he would let innocent people fight those monsters. "You would put the people serving you in danger!?" she questioned him.
"We chose to go into battle for Ritsuka, that's what Servants are. Weapons for a master to use." Hinako stated.
"But to force you to do something that you're against? Isn't that hard for you-"
"Dear Weasley bride, we are his retainers, his allies, his protectors." They all look around where the voice of malice is coming from. "Most importantly his familiars."
"O-Oh no, it's him." Sirius felt a shiver down his spine.
"Him? you mean the scary man you describe?" Arthur asked with widened eyes.
"Hehe, scary is just the beginning Weasley head." Ashyia morphs out of his beloved master's shadow and stood behind him, clicking his claws on the chair. "I'm more than that, isn't that right master."
"Yes Alter Ego, I know what you're capable of." Ritsuka rolled his eyes.
Lily and Molly were hyperventilating after seeing the Servant came out of nowhere. James, Moody, Arthur, Remus, and Dumbledore were on edge sensing this demonic presence from him.
"H-Har-Ritsuka don't tell me that's one of your Servants now?" James gasps seeing nothing like him before.
"Sadly he is, his summons was unexpected like some," Ritsuka answered.
Ashyia walks over to Hinako, tapping his claws on the chair. "Hinako is one too, you're an Assassin Servant am I wrong my dear?" He asked with a sadistic tone.
Hinako nodded. "Yes, I am,"
"S-S-So your name is Assassin?" Molly asked. "Y-You kill people?"
Hinako chuckles, "Basing claims from titles, no I do not kill people randomly. (Though I'm good at presence concealment,) it's just a class title." She explains. "The Assassin class isn't just killers, they're smart, quick on their feet, concerning their presence. That's what we're known for."
"I-Interesting lore there Ms. H-Hinako." Dumbledore complimented her.
'Tch, one wrong move by us and we'll be seeing the light real soon by her.' Moody thought, still untrusting to the Assassin.
Remus coughs gaining their attention. "If you would excuse my rudeness, but can you continue on your story Ritsuka?" the werewolf asked.
"Oh, right." Ritsuka nodded. "So where was I…ah yes, after I change my name I went to Japan after hearing that I was a Magus. The goblins of my world told me that in Japan in the town of Fuyuki, there's a place where Mages tends to practice Magecraft, from there I happen to find my mentor."
"Mentor? You mean someone took you in?" Lily asked, thankful that someone would take in her 'son' like that.
"More like handing me a flyer and a uniform for a job," Ritsuka said, hearing the obnoxious laughter of Zelretch in his mind.
"Job?" Tonks asked. "What kind of job?"
"Fou," Fou looks at Ritsuka, unsure if this is okay.
"I was a master candidate for commanding Servants for the Chaldea Security Organization, an accident caused Team A and the rest of the forty-one master candidates to be impaired leaving me the one survivor," Ritsuka stated. "I've been through many missions encountering enemy Servants, the former Team A members known as Crypters, and lost many people in the process."
They all looked at him, perturbed for his wellbeing. "After all what happened during the past years, I have been given the position as the sixth director of the Chaldea Security Organization by the UN and the Mage's Association. Tasked to protect Humanity"
"The Forbidden Order gave you that organization just like that?" Remus asked can't believe what he's hearing.
"The United Nations was involved as well? They know of Mages?" James asked. "But the Stature of Secrecy won't allow any Muggles know of magic."
"In my world, the Stature was dissolved when some Ministries merge with the Botany Department leave the British one all alone," Hinako informs them.
They were curious now, what happened to the British Ministry in Ritsuka's world. Was it still standing? "Uh, what happened with the Ministry of Magic? Is it still standing?" Arthur asked worried for his other self in his world
"The Ministry was uncontrollable with their ridiculous regulations and Pureblood supremacy, so the Association, UN, and the Holy Church came together and overthrew the Ministry and appointed my world's Amelia Bones as the new Minister of Magic," Ritsuka explains to the Order.
"You made dealings with the Holy Church? The ones who've hunted our kind for centuries?" Remus gasps, hearing that Ritsuka would involve himself with the Church.
"How did you manage to convince them to help you?" Dumbledore asked, knowing speaking to them would prove to be an impossible task.
Ritsuka smirks then let out a small chuckle. "It helps when you have two priests as your Servants." He shrugs.
"So those Servants, they won't betray you?" Lily asked concern about the two priests.
Ritsuka laughs, following by Ashyia and Hinako. "What's funny?" Moody demanded of the Chaldeans.
"Uh, care to explain why you're laughing like that?" Tonks asked, not getting what's funny.
"S-Sorry," Ritsuka breathes out. "It's just you said they won't betray me…that's funny."
"Wait, they can!? Aren't you concern that they might kill you?" Molly looked at Ashyia who seems to be the most likely to betray the poor boy.
"Ha-sorry Ritsuka, why are you so calm when you know they'll betray you?" Lily clutches her heart, the thought of his most loyal servant killing him.
Ashyia lets out a laugh, a laugh cause shivers down their spin. "We wouldn't dream of betraying our master. Some of us betrayed him during some mission, like Berserker or Caster (Not the Caster outside,)." The Alter Ego mentions Atalante Alter and Avicbron. "'But it's rare to see a Servant like us betray our master."
"Yes, those happen rarely. So I wouldn't worry about it." Hinako commented.
Dumbledore watches the three joking about betrayal like it was nothing. "Don't joke around like that H-Ritsuka. That's a serious thing you made fun of."
Ritsuka closes his eyes, "Sorry, I forgot that I was talking to the Order of the Phoenix. I'm aware of what accrued with Peter Pettigrew, it happened in my world too." He apologies to the Order.
"O-Oh, it's all right. You forgot that's all." Molly held up her hands.
"So what happens to the Order of the Phoenix in your world after the Ministry was replaced?" Arthur asked him.
Ritsuka rubs the back of his head, unsure how they'll take what he's going to inform them. "I-It's a bit complicated."
"Not as complicated that our son is a Mage, tell us what happened to us?" James jokes as well.
Ritsuka looks at Dumbledore for approval. Albus saw the look in his eyes, this means it wasn't good. "I see, we have fallen correct?" Albus answered receiving a nod.
"Fallen?" Tonks asked confused about what he meant.
The Order knew what the headmaster meant by fallen. "So we're corrupt in your world, right?" Remus asked.
Ritsuka nodded, "Currently, all of you are serving your time in your respect sentences. However you two, Remus and Sirius were excluded from any charges for helping Chaldea in the failed Raid attempt of the British Outpost."
"Outpost?" Kingsley questioned.
"I have built Outposts around the world; Hinako oversees the Japanese Outpost." Ritsuka looks at the Assassin.
"I serve as the director of the Japanese Outpost," Hinako added.
"I-I see, you are that determined to protect Humanity if you created many of these Outpost," James said, feeling proud of Ritsuka's work. He doesn't know why his other self would go against their son; he's risking his life just to protect humanity.
"That leads to the reason why I'm here in this universe." Ritsuka looks at them all. "The multiverse has been unstable since the end of Anomaly 0.1,"
"Anomaly 0.1? what is that?" Arthur asked.
"It's the number I gave to the distortion in my world, it took place at Hogwarts," Ritsuka informs them.
"So this is number one correct?" Tonks asked getting intriguing.
"Yes,"
"I do have one question here, how did you come here? Traveling through dimensions seems impossible." Remus asked,
"We cannot disclose that information easily, it's a well-guarded secret," Ashyia interjected. "If any information came out would cause trouble for those who aren't ready." (End song)
"We understand, we have secrets as well to keep from people." Dumbledore understands what they're doing. "Now that we heard your story, are there any questions for us?"
"Fou! FOU!" Fou slaps Ritsuka's cheeks.
"O-Okay, Fou. I know." Ritsuka chuckles. He looks at the Order, staring at the Beast sitting on his shoulder.
Tonks stood up from her chair. "Okay if no one's going say it, then I will." The young witch points at Fou. "'What is that damn small, adorable creature! Its cute noises are giving me a heartache!"
"Fou?" Fou tilts his head at them, making Tonks coo him.
"Oh, Fou? He's my companion, he always comes on missions with us." Ritsuka scratches the Beast's chin.
"Fou, Fou!" Fou bark happily.
"Now for my questions," Ritsuka looks at Dumbledore.
"Yes, ask away Mr. Fujimaru." The old man responded. "We'll answer them the best we could."
"My first one is if the Mage's Association or the Forbidden Order is still around? If anything I would like to ask them for a few things." Ritsuka asked the Order.
They all look shocked; their faces look like they're unsure to answer him. "I take it something happened to the Association?" Ashyia asked them.
Dumbledore stared at Ritsuka eye to eye, " The Mage's Association you called it, they disappeared two centuries ago, no one knows or what has happened to them."
"Dumbledore's right, one day they were swarming in their Clocktower the next they just went up and disappear. It's like they vanished." Moody continues after Dumbledore.
"I see," Ritsuka said. 'It's probably because of the ley lines, the Mana within them have almost drained.' he ponders in his head.
"Now for my last question, may I ask if I can stay here? I need a temporary base of operations while I'm here." The director asked them.
"OF COURSE!" Both Molly, Lily, James, Remus, and Sirius jump to answer him.
"That was fast," Hinako commented.
Lily blushed before they sat back down. "I-I mean you can stay as long as you like." She offers the place for Ritsuka.
Ritsuka blinks at Lily. "Uh, thank you." he scratches his head. "Uh, I'm just letting you all know, tomorrow morning I'm going to look around London with Caster. So don't expect me to at the table for breakfast."
"O-Oh, you do you Har-Ritsuka." Molly walks to the door, opening it for him. "Allow me to show you your room." She smiled at him.
"Thank you, Mrs. Weasley." Ritsuka followed Molly out of the door with Hinako and Ashyia following their master.
Once they left the dining room, Sirius looks at everyone. "So what do you think? Was he telling the truth, because I believe him," he said, eager for him to stay.
"I don't like it, he's suspicious," Moody stated, not trusting him one bit.
Tonks looks at her mentor with a bland look. "You always think someone is suspicious when you first meet them." The Metamorphmagus stated.
"I have to side with Moody," Arthur spoke out. "Ritsuka isn't telling the full truth, more on his Servants."
Kingsley nodded catching that part when Ritsuka spoke. "I noticed too; he's purposely leaving out something important about them."
James looks at everyone. "Come on, even if he left out something important the other stuff were true."
"What's your take Headmaster?" Remus asked the old man.
Dumbledore closes his eyes before answering, thinking about this. "The things he just said, they're beyond a normal wizard's comprehension." He looks at the rest of the Order. "I have this feeling, something is coming. Something big, and we need Mr. Fujimaru's help if we're to prevent it from happening."
"Does that mean-"
"Lily, go with Mr. Fujimaru tomorrow. Guide him through the city, you know it best." Dumbledore orders her.
Lily's eyes widen and nods. "Yes, Albus."
"I do wonder…what will the children think about Ritsuka." James pounders.
Molly opens the door to an empty room for Ritsuka. "There you are dear, are you sure that you don't need any rooms for your followers? We have plenty of rooms." Molly offers.
"Thank you for the offer, but we Servants don't need sleep," Hinako explains to her.
"Oh, then if there's anything you need just call me." Molly smiles. "Goodnight Har-Sorry habit of mine." She apologies.
Ritsuka shook his head. "No worries, the Molly in my world was rude to me. you are however you're still adjusting."
Molly blinks at the comment. "Oh well, I apologies on the behalf of my other self." She jokes. "Well goodnight, Ritsuka." She closes the door and left to join the rest.
"So, mind telling me why we're staying in a dusty home?" Ishtar and the rest of the Servants materialize in the room.
Ritsuka smirks at her. He looks at Waver, "You felt it too, Waver, didn't you?" he asked the Caster.
"Yes, I'd detected it when we'd enter this place." Waver smirks back. "Talk about convenient."
"Wait, what's going on?" Ereshkigal asked them.
Muramasa's eyes widen, sensing it too. "I see, and the watch detected it?"
Ritsuka raises his right hand to the watch as it glowed a bright blue and pulsating. "We're standing right above a Mana pool."
AN: How do you like it? Four new Servants will come soon. If you want, you can guess who's being summoned. Please comment or review.
